1783 - Jacques Alexandre César Charles flies the 1st balloon filled with gas rather than fire-heated air using hydrogen produced by pouring 489 lbs. of sulfuric acid on 1,000 lbs. of iron. The balloon has a diameter of 12 ft.

1910 - 1st wireless transmission from an airplane took place at the track at Sheepshead Bay Race Track in Brooklyn. Pilot J.B. McCurdy, who had a telegraphic key on the steering wheel of his Curtiss biplane, and a 50 foot antenna trailing the plane, repeatedly sent a 17 word message to H.M. Horton, whose receiver was located in the grandstand of the race track. The range for the 1st experiment was two miles.

1913 - Lieutenant Pyotr Nesterov of the Russian Army in Kiev performs the 1st loop-the-loop with a Nieuport IV. The complete circle and other intentional acrobatic stunts prove to be valuable experience for the wartime maneuvers needed during aerial battles.

1914 - 1st Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) unit arrives on the Continent. The Eastchurch Squadron of the Royal Naval Air Service, under the command of Commander C.R. Samson, is transferred to Ostend and the squadron is subsequently re-deployed to Dunkirk.

1939 - The Ambrosini SAI.7 (S.7), Pre WWII Italian racing aircraft (developped post-WWII as a trainer), set a new world airspeed record for a 100 km closed loop, which it completed at 403.9 km/h (252 mph)

1941 - The Type VIIC U-boat U-570 is attacked by two Lockheed Hudsons of No.269 Squadron off Iceland and so heavily damaged that it is unable to submerge. The U-570 then surrender to Hudson 'S' of No.269 Squadron, piloted by Squadron Leader J.H. Thompson, which continues to circle the aircraft until relieved by a Coastal Command Consolidated Catalina. Naval forces arrive and tow the U-boat to Iceland and U-570 is eventually repaired and sailed to the United Kingdom, becoming HM Submarine Graph.

1956 - Death of Carl Sterling Bates, American pioneer aviator, glider pilot and early aircraft designer. He designed in 1911 a gasoline powered airplane that was equipped with a three-point landing gear, an air-cooled engine, a metal propeller and metal wing rudders.

1959 - Birth of Yves Rossy, Swiss pilot, inventor and aviation enthusiast. He is the 1st person to achieve sustained human flight using a jet-powered fixed wing strapped to his back. This jet pack has led to his being nicknamed Jet Man, Rocket Man and Fusion Man.